Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488 Posted September 17, 2018 Share Posted September 17, 2018 Spielberg directed that movie like Fats Waller flies his piano. Jurassic Shark 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bryant Burnette 654 Posted September 17, 2018 Share Posted September 17, 2018 Like it, yes. Love it, no. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488 Posted September 17, 2018 Author Share Posted September 17, 2018 Fly? Yes. Land? No! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kasey Kockroach 2,343 Posted September 17, 2018 Share Posted September 17, 2018 Never. Not Mr. Big 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted September 17, 2018 Share Posted September 17, 2018 I prefer Sometimes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488 Posted September 17, 2018 Author Share Posted September 17, 2018 The aerial sequences are incredible. Pete's death scene is one of Spielberg's best scenes. I think if it weren't for the negative stygma surrounding the film, it'd be regarded more highly. Even that trashy War of the Worlds movie seems to get more love. What? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Parker 3,040 Posted September 17, 2018 Share Posted September 17, 2018 30 minutes ago, Horner's Dynamic Range said: The aerial sequences are incredible. Pete's death scene is one of Spielberg's best scenes. I think if it weren't for the negative stygma surrounding the film, it'd be regarded more highly. Even that trashy War of the Worlds movie seems to get more love. What? I'm a bit of a softie, so the film appealed to my gooey side (especially hearing Audrey Hepburn's voice ) when I saw it back in high school. Pleasant, and a nice story on true love as compassion, but I don't know if I'd ever watch it again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488 Posted September 17, 2018 Author Share Posted September 17, 2018 Yes, I have of course have seen it on the television. Quite enjoy. Ehh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted September 17, 2018 Share Posted September 17, 2018 I'm not painting it. I'm just cleaning it. It's a Spiel Berg. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488 Posted September 17, 2018 Author Share Posted September 17, 2018 Oh I've heard of him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted September 17, 2018 Share Posted September 17, 2018 Hey Johnny, you've got a Spiel Berg, too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,326 Posted September 17, 2018 Share Posted September 17, 2018 JW is the best thing about Always but 's better to listen to the album without seeing that movie. Oh, and delete the hit songs! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AIFan 16 Posted September 17, 2018 Share Posted September 17, 2018 What I truly admire about the film is that it defies the typical love story tropes, and yet the connection between the characters played by Dreyfus and Hunter was definitely there. In my opinion, it was able to transcend the touchy-feely part of love stories (often ham-handedly told) precisely because one of the lovers was a non-corporeal being, and so the audience and the screenwriter were left to tell a love story purely through dialogue and body language. Pardon the ghost-related pun, but that part of it was truly "touching." AIFan Naïve Old Fart and Gruesome Son of a Bitch 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488 Posted September 17, 2018 Author Share Posted September 17, 2018 You magnificent pagan god! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,493 Posted September 17, 2018 Share Posted September 17, 2018 @Horner's Dynamic Range, it's, obviously, a film that is very close to your heart. Why do you like it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488 Posted September 17, 2018 Author Share Posted September 17, 2018 Fell in love with the characters, story, music, cinematography etc. Fit the bill for one of my top movies for whatever reason. What I don't understand is why it seems to be so loathed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
publicist 4,643 Posted September 17, 2018 Share Posted September 17, 2018 It's not loathed, it's just that nobody except you gives a shit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488 Posted September 17, 2018 Author Share Posted September 17, 2018 Yes but isn't that kind of...peculiar? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
publicist 4,643 Posted September 17, 2018 Share Posted September 17, 2018 No. There are tons of misguided movies with big production values that never connected with audiences. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488 Posted September 17, 2018 Author Share Posted September 17, 2018 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,326 Posted September 17, 2018 Share Posted September 17, 2018 9 minutes ago, Horner's Dynamic Range said: Fit the bill for one of my top movies for whatever reason. You'll love it for the same reasons you love Titanic. Both movies share the same romantic nucleus. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
publicist 4,643 Posted September 17, 2018 Share Posted September 17, 2018 The simplistic, girlish one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488 Posted September 17, 2018 Author Share Posted September 17, 2018 And they say I'm sexist! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted September 17, 2018 Share Posted September 17, 2018 I thought pub was meant to be progrethive and enlightened and anti-Trump and stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
publicist 4,643 Posted September 17, 2018 Share Posted September 17, 2018 You both have truly gone off the rails, gentlemen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted September 17, 2018 Share Posted September 17, 2018 It has been a privilege playing with you tonight... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488 Posted September 17, 2018 Author Share Posted September 17, 2018 Why are the albums being launched half-full? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted September 17, 2018 Share Posted September 17, 2018 We were unsure about the runtime. These CDs may buckle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488 Posted September 17, 2018 Author Share Posted September 17, 2018 39 minutes ago, publicist said: You both have truly gone off the rails, gentlemen. Did you catch the number on the locamotive? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Naïve Old Fart 9,493 Posted September 17, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted September 17, 2018 Ok, some thoughts on ALWAYS. I saw it in America, on its first night. I watched it at a very "emotional" time of my life, and the theme of not being able to connect, coupled with the idea of people moving on, and eventually forgetting the past, resonated with me. I've changed over the years, and as I've changed as a person, my attitude towards the film has, also changed. I now see it as a good, funny, technically very well-made, simple story about enduring love. It brings warm feelings to my heart, whenever I watch it. Its a good "autumnal" film. As Dorinda transcended her relationship with Pete, I have transcended both my original circumstances, and my reaction to the film. A more "stable" me, is able to kick back and enjoy it. I'm going to stick my neck out by saying that I prefer ALWAYS to the Spielberg films either side of it. In precis: its not the best film our Steve has done, but it's not the worst, either, and I truly think that, with ALWAYS, Spielberg has nothing to be ashamed of. Plus, any - any - film with Roberts Blossom, is immediately watchable. SteveMc, Gruesome Son of a Bitch and Jurassic Shark 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
publicist 4,643 Posted September 17, 2018 Share Posted September 17, 2018 666 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488 Posted September 17, 2018 Author Share Posted September 17, 2018 And isn't John Goodman fantastic? I assume that dance he does in the bar was improvised. He's great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
publicist 4,643 Posted September 17, 2018 Share Posted September 17, 2018 He's the movie's lifeline. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,493 Posted September 17, 2018 Share Posted September 17, 2018 @publicist what did you mean by "666"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
publicist 4,643 Posted September 17, 2018 Share Posted September 17, 2018 The number of the beast on the Always train to hell! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488 Posted September 17, 2018 Author Share Posted September 17, 2018 Derailed in 1989, killed hundreds of people! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bespin 8,475 Posted September 17, 2018 Share Posted September 17, 2018 I love this score, it's a short one, as soon as we have set aside the songs, if I remember well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted September 17, 2018 Share Posted September 17, 2018 Sorry... I missed it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488 Posted September 17, 2018 Author Share Posted September 17, 2018 I like how the album version of Smoke Gets in Your Eyes is cut off at the beginning like the cassette recording in the movie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor 7,463 Posted September 17, 2018 Share Posted September 17, 2018 The film has often been criticized for being too maudlin, but I disagree. Rather, I think Spielberg was going for the same type of melodrama that Victor Fleming nurtured in the original A GUY NAMED JOE (Spielberg also channeled Fleming beautifully in WAR HORSE, and the ending of BRIDGE OF SPIES is pure Howard Hawks -- I love it when he makes these tributes to his Golden Age heroes). The lush cinematography by Mikael Salomon is beautiful -- alternating between nocturnal blue and ravishing orange. Interestingly, I hated the ALWAYS score initially. Before I got the soundtrack, I only had the two tracks on the FILMWORKS compilation, and I thought the rest of the score was like that. To my amazement I discovered that "Follow Me" and "Dorinda Solo Flight" were, indeed, the only really thematic pieces on the album, and the rest was mostly 'droney', textural stuff with glittering harps and directionless harmonic structures. Remember, this was the time I was into big theme Williams (mid 90s)! However, as I've grown older and more refined in my taste, I've come to appreciate it for the exploratory tone poem that it really is. These days, I really enjoy the soundtrack -- although I could be without the country songs and the hundred variations of "Smoke Gets In Your Eyes". Naïve Old Fart and SteveMc 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,493 Posted September 17, 2018 Share Posted September 17, 2018 2 hours ago, Horner's Dynamic Range said: Derailed in 1989, killed hundreds of people! This means order your steak "well done", Walter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveMc 2,674 Posted September 17, 2018 Share Posted September 17, 2018 Never heard the score (outside the SoundtrackFred suite, which was enjoyable) or saw the film. Will have to make a correction in this department. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,326 Posted September 17, 2018 Share Posted September 17, 2018 4 hours ago, Bespin said: I love this score, it's a short one, as soon as we have set aside the songs, if I remember well. It's got a beautiful French horn solo. There aren't too many scores that have one. Bespin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh500 1,615 Posted September 17, 2018 Share Posted September 17, 2018 I like the music. The movie, not so much. It's just okay. I saw it only twice, but twice is enough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
publicist 4,643 Posted September 17, 2018 Share Posted September 17, 2018 Too few cues like 'Among the Clouds'. It could have been Williams' 'Iris'... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,326 Posted September 17, 2018 Share Posted September 17, 2018 It also got a frolic track, like every other Spielberg movie had at the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488 Posted September 17, 2018 Author Share Posted September 17, 2018 The French horn solo is actually edited down in the movie. The score is underrated. Very beautiful writing, the heaven scenes are angelic and the emotional goodbye scene is a perfect Spielberg Williams marriage of film and music. Oddly, everyone always talks about Follow Me, which is a minor cue for a slapstick scene that is pretty detached from the rest of the score. One unreleased highlight is when the old bus driver is revived. This film is just magic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
publicist 4,643 Posted September 17, 2018 Share Posted September 17, 2018 34 minutes ago, Horner's Dynamic Range said: Oddly, everyone always talks about Follow Me, which is a minor cue for a slapstick scene that is pretty detached from the rest of the score. 'Everyone' is basically only Thor, which automatically rules out a majority opinion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Indianagirl 298 Posted September 17, 2018 Share Posted September 17, 2018 I love Always Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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